Topic : male nail techs

Get Rustic: To commemorate Father’s Day and all of the wonderful men in the nail industry, this month’s salon profile focuses on Wilmington, N.C.-based GDN Nail Bar, a male-friendly salon that stands for “Guys Do Nails,” owned by dad, athlete, handyman, and nail tech Dynh Le.

On the nail competition floor, couple Emese Koppànyi and Frédéric Edange can be found both paired together and battling each other. The duo married in Las Vegas in 2014, then for their “honeymoon” won the Perfect Match category together. The newlyweds talk about the male-female dynamic in the nail salon and beyond.

With a growing number of men opting to pay bills and forge careers from behind a nail table, NAILS takes a look at some male techs to find out what they think of their chosen profession and how they’re ­making it in a female-dominated industry.